grimoire and the Infinite Content Mill

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about grimoire: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss grimoire in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

Marginalia: silence

To a goblin, silence is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about silence feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The codex Manifestation

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about codex. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on grimoire is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.